Breachesby GlyphHookers.nl
Disclosed Oct 23, 2019290,955 accountsUnverified
In October 2019, the Dutch prostitution forum Hookers.nl suffered a data breach which exposed the personal information of sex workers and their customers. The IP and email addresses, usernames and either bcrypt or salted MD5 password hashes of 291k members were accessed via an unpatched vulnerability in the vBulletin forum software.
What is known
| People affected | 290,955 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Oct 23, 2019 |
| Happened | Oct 10, 2019 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | EmailsIP addressesPasswords |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.